The Yamato Ensemble with British shakuhachi player Richard Stagg presents a second CD of traditional and contemporary Japanese chamber music, including an arrangement for koto and shakuhachi of folk songs from the island of Okinawa, a music rarely heard abroad. The first and the third pieces are typical pieces of the Jiuta repertoire (i.e., the ...
This first record by the Yamato Ensemble offers four classical pieces from the classical Japanese repertoire, two of which are from the Jiuta repertoire, i.e., for Japanese trio (this typical trio includes a koto, a shamisen, and a shakuhachi, with voice). The two Jiuta pieces are rarely recorded pieces (at least rarely found on records available ...
On some level it just seems wrong to use Western terms to describe Japanese music. Its ethos is completely different, as is the way it uses space and melody. Michio Miyagi was one of the greatest of Japan's 20th century composers, as well as a performer on koto, jushichigen, and shakuhachi. Although you can hear the influence of the West in his ...
After one successful album of Michio Miyagi's music, ARC returns with a second featuring the Yamato Ensemble. Miyagi was a figure in transit between the traditional sounds of Japanese art music and Western art music, making occasional trips to the West and incorporating sounds accordingly. Here, a fair selection is given for up to four parts -- ...
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